Class: SoftLayer::Config

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/softlayer/Config.rb

Overview

The SoftLayer Config class is responsible for providing the key information the library needs to communicate with the network SoftLayer API. Those three crucial pieces of information are the Username, the API Key, and the endpoint_url. This information is collected in a hash with the keys ‘:username`, `:api_key`, and `:endpoint_url` repsectively.

The routine used to retrieve this information from a Config object is Config.client_settings

There are several locations that the Config class looks for this information:

  • Stored in a configuration file

  • In the Environment Variables of the running process

  • Placed in Global Variables

  • In a hash provided directly to the Config class.

These locations are searched in the order listed above. Information found lower in this list will replace the information found at higher levels. For example if the configuration file provides a username but a different username is also set in the global variables, the Config class allows the global variable to override the name from the config file.

Config File

The library will search for the SoftLayer config file at the file locations listed in the ‘SoftLayer::Config::FILE_LOCATIONS` array. The config file follows the format recognized by Python’s ConfigParser class (and consequently is compatible with the) SoftLayer-Python language bindings). A simple config file looks something like this:

[softlayer]
username = joeusername
api_key = DEADBEEFBADF00D
timeout = 60

Environment Variables

The config class will search the environment variables SL_USERNAME and SL_API_KEY for the username and API key respectively. The endpoint_url may not be set thorugh environment variables.

Global Variables

The names of the global variables that can be used to provide authentication key are:

  • $SL_API_USERNAME

  • $SL_API_KEY

  • $SL_API_BASE_URL

Direct parameters

Finally, the Config.client_settings routine accepts a hash of arguments. If any of the key information is provided in that hash, that information will override any discovered through the techniques above.

Constant Summary collapse

FILE_LOCATIONS = 
['/etc/softlayer.conf', '~/.softlayer', './.softlayer']

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.client_settings(provided_settings = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Config.rb', line 122

def Config.client_settings(provided_settings = {})
    settings = { :endpoint_url => API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT }
	settings.merge! file_settings
	settings.merge! environment_settings
	settings.merge! globals_settings
	settings.merge! provided_settings

	settings
end

.environment_settings ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Config.rb', line 89

def Config.environment_settings
	result = {}
	result[:username] =  ENV["SL_USERNAME"] if ENV["SL_USERNAME"]
	result[:api_key] = ENV["SL_API_KEY"] if ENV["SL_API_KEY"]
	result
end

.file_settings(*additional_files) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Config.rb', line 98

def Config.file_settings(*additional_files)
	result = {}

	search_path = FILE_LOCATIONS
	search_path = search_path + additional_files if additional_files
	search_path = search_path.map { |file_path| File.expand_path(file_path) }

	search_path.each do |file_path|
		if File.readable? file_path
			config = ConfigParser.new file_path
			softlayer_section = config["softlayer"]

			if softlayer_section
				result[:username] = softlayer_section['username'] if softlayer_section['username']
				result[:endpoint_url] = softlayer_section['endpoint_url'] if softlayer_section['endpoint_url']
				result[:api_key] = softlayer_section['api_key'] if softlayer_section['api_key']
				result[:timeout] = softlayer_section['timeout'] if softlayer_section['timeout']
			end
		end
	end

	result
end

.globals_settings ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/softlayer/Config.rb', line 81

def Config.globals_settings
	result = {}
	result[:username] =  $SL_API_USERNAME if $SL_API_USERNAME
	result[:api_key] = $SL_API_KEY if $SL_API_KEY
	result[:endpoint_url] = $SL_API_BASE_URL || API_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT
	result
end